Non-refillable bottle.



O. E. MONTAPERTO.

NON-REPILLABLE BOTTLE. L APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 17, 1912.

Patented Feb. 11, 1913.

ORLANDO E. MONTAPERTO, OF ROSEBANK, NEW YORK.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 11,1913.

Application filed September 17, 1912. Serial No. 720,752.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ORLANDO E. MONTA- rnn'ro, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Rosebank, Staten Island, New York, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Non Refillable Bottles, of whichthe following is a clear, full, and exact description.

This invent-ion relates to a non-refillable bottle, and the object ofthe invention is to produce a bottle of this type of very simpleconstruction, having efiicient means for preventing the refilling of thebottle, the general purpose of the invention being to. prevent theperpetration of frauds.

' A further object of the invention is to provide a construction whichwill enable the bottle to be normally effectively sealed be fore thecontents is to be used, but arranged in such a way that the seal may bereadily removed without affecting the non-refillable characteristic ofthe receptacle.

The invention consists in the novel features to be described hereinafterand set forth in the claims.

In the drawin which fully illustrates the preferred embo iment of myinvention,- Figure 1 is a vertical section through the upper portion ofa bottle to which my invention is applied; Fig. 2 is a plan; and Fig. 3is a cross-section of the bottle taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Referring more particularly to the parts, 1 represents a receptacle suchas a bottle, preferably formed with an upwardly extending neck 2 whichat a convenient point is pressed inwardly in molding so as to form twovalve seats 3 and 4, said valve seats being in the form of annularshoulders and the lower seat being of smaller diameter than the upper.In the upper portion-of the neck laterally opening ports 5 are formedthrough which the liquid finds exit.

The bottle is normally closed by valve 6, the body of which ispreferably of elongated form and composed of a material having a highspecific gravity; a metallic substance is preferable. The valve 6 isprovided with bushings or washers 7 and'8 of compressible material whichcome upon the seats 3 and 4: indicated. The valve is held on its seatsby gravity, but is also pressed toward its seats by a spring 9 which isdisposed in the neck directly over the valve, the upper end of thespring thrusting against a gasket 10 of cork or sln'ular material. Abovethe cement or similar material which is non-remova-bly held in the neck,and by means of this plug the guard 11 is also non-removably secured. Inorder to accomplish this the guard 11 is provided with inwardlyextendgasket 10 I prefer to provide a plug 13 of ing fingers 12 whichproject down from the upper extremity of the guard intothe intenor ofthe plug. The guard is preferably of tubular 'form and of largerdiameter than the neck. At the upper end the guard presents an integralflange 11 which projects over the extremity of the neck and closes ofl'substantially one-half of the end of the guard. The other side of theguard is open,

however, so as to form an annular duct 14: which is suppliedby the ports5 with the l1qu1d in pouring from the bottle. The bottom of the guard 11is formed by flange 15 which projects in to a point adjacent theperiphery of the neck so as to prevent the introduction of anyinstrument into vthe ports from below the guard.

In order to hold the valve 6 norn lly on its seat I prefer to provide aseal 16 in the form of a wire or cord which is bound around the annulargroove 17 which is formed on the exterior of the neck opposite the seat3, and from this point the seal extends upwardly to form a loop' passingthrough diametrically opposite members of the ports 5 so as to'passacross the upper face of the -valve. This-seal is preferably formed ofwire and evidently securely closes the bottle until its contents are tobe used.

lVhen the'bott-le is to be used the seal 16 is removed, and then bygiving the bottle a forward jerk the valve will be carried forward offits seat and the liquid can be poured from the bottle. When the bottlegoes back to its normal upright position, the spring 9 re-seats thevalve. Preferably the upper extremity of the valve 6 is slightly abovethe lower edges of the ports 5 so as to insure that the seal 16 willexert a tension on the valve tending to hold it on its seat.

With a bottle constructed as described it will be evident that the valveis inaccessible on account of the guard 11 which covers the ports 5, butat the same time permits the outward flow of the liquid through theports. It is understood that the embodiment of the invention describedabove is only one of the many forms the invention may take, and I do notlimit myself in the practice of the invention, nor in the scope of theclaims 3 said seat,

. above said seat, a Y protecting said ports, in said neck securing 20to the particular forni Ior embodiment described above. 1 What I claimis:

1. A non-refillable bottle having a neck, a.

valve seat within said neck, a valve mounted within said neck andnormally resting on said seat, said neck having lateral ports above"said seat, a guard over said neck and protecting said ports, anon-removable plug in said neck securing saidlguard in position,andmeans between said valve and said plug tending to hold saidvalve uponsaid seat. 2. A non-refillable bottle having a neck, a valve seat withinsaid neck, a valve mounted Within said neck andnormally resting on saidneck having lateral ports guard over said neck and a non-removable plugsaid guard in position, andmeans between said valve and said plugtending to hold said valve upon said seat, said guard havinga duct atone side communicating with said ports and extending to a point near theextremity of'said neck. 25

3. Anon-refillable bottle having a neck, a valve seat within said neck,a valve mounted within said neck and normally resting on said seat, saidneck having lateral ports above said seat, a guard over said neck andprotecting said ports,-a

valve upon said seat,

4. A non-refillable bottle having a neck, said neck having annularshoulders formed on the interior thereof-forming seats, a valve mountedin said neck and normally on said seats, said neck having laterallydisposed ports in the side wall thereof above said valve, said neckextending downwardly on said neckto a point below resting a guard oflarger diameter than said ports, a non-J removable plug secured in saidneck and sew I curing said guard thereto, said guard hav-v ing aductcommunicatingwith said ports and adapted to conduct the liquid to a nearthe extremity of said neck.

Signed at New York city,-New York, this 11th day of September, 1912. v VI ORLANDQ E. MONTAPERTO. W'itnesses:

' F. D. AMMAN,

BEATRICE MIRVIS.

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